Bill Text: VA HB1086 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Adoption; death of joint petitioner prior to entry of final order.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-25 - Continued to 2023 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote [HB1086 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB1086-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1086 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 12, 2022 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 63.2-1213.1, relating to death of joint petitioner prior to entry of final order of adoption. ---------- Patron-- Leftwich ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 63.2-1213.1 as follows:

§63.2-1213.1. Death of joint petitioner prior to entry of final order of adoption.

When married persons, or persons who were previously married and who are permitted to adopt a child pursuant to §63.2-1201.1, have jointly petitioned to adopt a child, and one of the petitioners dies before entry of a final order of adoption pursuant to §63.2-1213, the adoption may proceed in the name of both petitioners upon request of the surviving petitioner. Upon entry of a final order of adoption pursuant to §63.2-1213, the child shall be, for all intents and purposes, the child of both petitioners as provided in § 63.2-1215.